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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to intensive preparation academies in certain school |
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districts to prepare public school students to take required |
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end-of-course assessment instruments. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39.0251 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.0251. END-OF-COURSE ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT |
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INTENSIVE PREPARATION ACADEMIES. (a) This section applies only to |
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a school district with an enrollment of 5,000 or more students. |
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(b) For any school year in which state funds are |
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appropriated for purposes of this section, a school district in |
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which five percent or more of the students fail to perform |
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satisfactorily on an assessment instrument required under Section |
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39.025(a) shall, at the end of the school year, operate an intensive |
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preparation academy to prepare those students to retake the |
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assessment instrument. |
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(c) An intensive preparation academy must: |
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(1) be operated for at least 30 school days; |
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(2) include instruction in the curriculum material |
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most likely to be included in the assessment instruments required |
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under Section 39.025(a); and |
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(3) include instruction in strategies for performing |
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satisfactorily on the assessment instruments. |
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(d) A student who fails to perform satisfactorily on an |
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assessment instrument required under Section 39.025(a) shall |
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attend each portion of an intensive preparation academy under this |
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section relating to that assessment instrument or to strategies |
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described by Subsection (c)(3). |
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(e) For purposes of this section, satisfactory performance |
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on an assessment instrument is determined by the State Board of |
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Education under Section 39.024. |
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SECTION 2. Section 25.085(d), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(d) Unless specifically exempted by Section 25.086, a |
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student enrolled in a school district must attend: |
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(1) an extended-year program for which the student is |
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eligible that is provided by the district for students identified |
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as likely not to be promoted to the next grade level or tutorial |
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classes required by the district under Section 29.084; |
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(2) an accelerated reading instruction program to |
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which the student is assigned under Section 28.006(g); |
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(3) an accelerated instruction program to which the |
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student is assigned under Section 28.0211; |
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(4) a basic skills program to which the student is |
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assigned under Section 29.086; [or] |
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(5) a summer program provided under Section 37.008(l) |
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or Section 37.021; or |
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(6) an intensive preparation academy to which the |
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student is assigned under Section 39.0251. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |